Spotted Horse is an unincorporated community in Campbell County, Wyoming, United States. Its current population is two.[2] The town is on U.S. routes 14/16, at the head of Spotted Horse Creek, a tributary of the Powder River. The undeveloped Spotted Horse coalfield is north of town.[3]
Spotted Horse, Wyoming | |
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![]() Central Spotted Horse | |
Coordinates: 44°42′30″N 105°50′6″W / 44.70833°N 105.83500°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Wyoming |
County | Campbell |
Elevation | 4,026 ft (1,227 m) |
Time zone | UTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MST) |
GNIS feature ID | 1597506[1] |
The town was named after a Native American. Its post office closed in 1964.[4]
History
The Astorian expedition camped near the future Spotted Horse townsite in 1811.[5]
A small community lived at the site in the 19th century. By about 1900 Solon and George Walker established a general store and post office. A.L. Pringle established the present bar as a store and gas station in the early 1920s. A school was established in the 1920s. A dance hall was destroyed in a 1944 tornado.[6]
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